Moss Able Books
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.About this Item: Athletic Publications Ltd., 1111. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Contains photographic pages. Mostly clean pages with light tanning throughout, and foxing to endpapers and page edges.
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Marginalia to endpaper, with rubbing and a few small nicks to text block edges. Some minor dog-eared corners. Cracked guttering with binding remaining firm. Occasional finger marking throughout.
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Boards are lightly tanned and foxed. Moderate rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and minor bumps to scuffed corners. Boards are bowed. Paint down spine. Seller Inventory # DPB 2. From United Kingdom to U.S.A.About this Item: n.d. Athletic Publications.
No date, circa 1935. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Red cloth backstrip with paper covered illustrated boards. Illustrated throughout. 11 pages of text, 33 photographic figures and 8pp of diagram figures. Boards are slightly rubbed and worn and a little grubby to rear. Ownership signature to front free endpaper and ink stamp of the Sports Supply Store on half title page.
Occasional mark to contents o/w a nice bright copy. Seller Inventory # 77475 13. From United Kingdom to U.S.A.About this Item: Health & Strength, London.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Good. Undated Edition, circa early 1900s.
Interesting and well illustrated Early Stretching & Weight Training Handbook. Each Text Page explaining exercise is illustrated with at least 1 full page B&W Photo of Staff Sergt.
Moss performing it. Also some interesting pages of adverts at the back includin one for Sergt. Moss's System of Physical Culture illustrated with a full length B&W Photo of Moss displaying his fine physique, rather like a British 'Charles Atlas'. Grey cloth cover illustrated with a Green Drawing of Moss performing a stretching Exercise. Green Lettering and 1/- Price. Green lettering to spine (quite worn). 92 Pages, 140g, 7 1/2' Tall.
Some fading to cloth at front and back, with some bubbling to cloth where the glue has failed in a few small places (probably the book was damp at one time). Front free endpaper missing. Front hinge cracked and reinforced with white hinge tape. No inscriptions except lightly penciled old price on half-title page. Very faint small stain on half-title, title page & preface, Pages and Plates in nice, clean condition.
Size: 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾' tall. Seller Inventory # 012849 14.
MossBasicsTextBasicMoss BiologyI.IntroductionThis sectionwas designed to give interested folks answers to common questionsabout mosses as well as clarify what a moss is and what it isnot. For instance, one could read about 'Spanish moss'growing profusely over vegetation in Flori daand the eventual death it brings its plant victims, consequentlydeveloping a negative opinion about moss in general. Peopleand moss have been engaging in this struggle for years and themosses deserve to have their story told. Let's see if youchange your mind as we more fully explore what a moss truly is.By the way, 'Spanish moss' is a flowering plant relatedto pineapple which produces small flowers, not a moss at allII.What are Mosses?When askedto visualize what a plant is, many of us picture a herbaceousplant such as a sunflower, or a woody plant such as a maple tree.We think of 'plants' as possessing roots, a stem (ortrunk), flowers, fruit, and seeds. Most of us do not automaticallythink of the plants that grow on rocks, rooftops, concrete, andany other moisture-laden area; however, this opportunistic bunch,choosing many eclectic substrates, exists. Their leavesare mostly one cell thick, they have no true roots, stems, flowers,or fruit, and instead of seeds they have spores. 'They'are the mosses; the plants we see forming 'green carpets'with thin wiry upright stems supporting a brown capsule that appearsto be wearing a hat.
For more information,read on, and consult,. Forin-depth information on the ecology of mosses, see Janice Glime'sonline book,.III. How do mossesreproduce and spread?Mosses spread in multiple ways, but unlike flowering plants, theydepend on moisture to sexually reproduce. Mosses reproduceby spores, which are analogous to the flowering plant's seed;however, moss spores are single celled and more primitive thanthe seed. Spores are housed in the brown capsule that sitson the seta.
As the spores ripen they are dispersed fromthe capsule, and some land in areas where there is enough moisturefor them to grow. The young moss looks like a very thintangled mass of branching greenhairs. Buds will appear next on the green hairs, from whichtiny stalks and slim leaves will grow. Some mosses havecups on their tops that produce sperm, these are male plants.The female counterpart has eggs between her overlapping leaves.Water is a necessity for fertilization; as the sperm become maturethey have to swim to the eggs to fertilize them.
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Thefertilized egg then produces the stalked brown capsule.Mosses also spread asexually by sending out new shoots in thespring from last years plants as well as fragmentation.Pieces of the moss body can break off, move by wind or water,and start a new plant if moisture permits.V. How do Mosses AcquireNutrients?Mosses alsohave different mechanisms they use for acquiring nutrients.Some mosses are able to take up nutrients from water flowing overthem, thus they have very effective absorptive surfaces.Other mosses, such as Polytrichum, sequester nutrientsdirectly from the soil or substrate on which they are growingand transfer the nutrients to their growing tips. With thisin mind we can see that the physical and chemical nature of thesubstrate as well as its water holding capacity are extremelyimportant in establishment of mosses.V.Where do mosses live?Now thatwe have seen the resilience mosses possess via their multiplemodes of reproduction, it is easier to fathom that mosses canlive anywhere from the Arctic Circle to the tropical forests atthe equator.
Mosses can be found around hot springs, atthe bottom of lakes, on rocks, sand dunes, trees and, even ina few cases, sea water. And of course those of us who livein the Pacific Northwest know that mosses thrive in moist temperateforests.An opportunist, mosses grow on our trees, sidewalks, garden, rooftops,and everywhere in between. The two main requirements ofa moss are sufficient moisture and accessible nutrients.For example, the moist environment of a rooftop shaded by treesseems just fine for mosses.
Not only does the rooftop stayperpetually moist, but nutrients are also supplemented from theash that fireplace chimneys produce ( ). See section regardingShingles composed of wood,asbestos, and conglomerate composition all make suitable homesfor moss; however, metallic roofs or those with an abundance oftar will discourage moss growth. But the tarred roof mustbe smooth to assure that mosses will not colonize in the cracksand crevices. Mosses prefer to colonize shingles above the eaves,on detritus that builds up in the eaves' troughs or other depressions.Mosses will be at their best in the winter when there is plentyof water, little light, and low temperatures. In summermosses dry out and become dormant.VI. Whatare mosses good for?Unknown to most of us, mosses actually have many uses, from ecologicalto medical with a suite of common household uses in between.One of the better known ecological uses of moss is as bioindicatorsof air pollution, such as those caused by factory emissions.
Theyare very good indicators of acid rain damage to an ecosystem aswell. Mosses are also used as erosion control agents asthey aid in moisture control and stabilization of soil that wouldeither be wind blown or washed away by water. Mosses occupyan important ecological niche in arctic and subarctic ecosystemswhere moss symbionts provide most nitrogen fixation in these ecosystems,as compared to the leguminous associations that are responsiblefor this job in temperate regions. Mosses can also be usedas bioindicators of water pollution and treatment of wastewater.Throughout history mosses have been used in horticulture becausethey are beneficial to the soil. Mosses increase the amountof water soil can store and improve soil's nutrient holding capacity.In the United Statesmosses are not highly acclaimed for their use in gardening.
Butornamental and garden uses of mosses are becoming more common.See the book by GeorgeSchenk.Mosses are aestheticallybeautiful and provide an attractive covering over soil and concretesurfaces that would otherwise be bare. We should feel luckyhere in the Pacific Northwest that this unique and ornate organismgrows easily and can provide much diversity among our gardens,rooftops, and sidewalks. See section on.VII. What are liverworts?Like mosses, liverworts are bryophytes.So they are closely related, but differ in some important aspectsof form and reproduction. Leafy liverworts look like mosses tothe untrained eye, but thalloid liverworts are green ribbon-like,branched plants, usually growing along the ground. Marchantiaand Conocephalum are two of the most conspicuous thalloidliverworts.
Conocephalum is illustrated at right, whilephotos of Marchantia are in the section of this websiteon.VIII. What are lichens?Although lichensoften grow with mosses, and people commonly confusethem, they are quite different. Lichens are a mutualistic associationbetween a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria. This site containsa few references to lichens, but we recommend that you visit to learn more about them.See our of living with lichens.